Independent Press Top 40 Best Sellers

For the week ending

Sunday, January 11th, 2026

The Independent Publishers Caucus & NEIBA proudly presents the Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers! In partnership with the American Booksellers Association, this new bestseller list identities the top titles from independent presses as represented at independent bookstores across the US.

FICTION

1. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430
2. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
3. Buckeye
Patrick Ryan, Random House, $30, 9780593595039
4. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155
5. Dog Show: Poems
Billy Collins, Pamela Sztybel (Illus.), Random House, $20, 9780593979419
6. The Secret of Secrets
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $38, 9780385546898
7. Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802158741
8. Flesh
David Szalay, Scribner, $28.99, 9781982122799
9. What We Can Know
Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728
10. Wild Dark Shore
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250827951
11. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
12. The Black Wolf
Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $30, 9781250328175
13. Wreck
Catherine Newman, Harper, $26.99, 9780063453913
14. The Widow
John Grisham, Doubleday, $32, 9780385548984
15. Mona's Eyes
Thomas Schlesser, Europa Editions, $30, 9798889661115
 

NONFICTION

1. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a Nation
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Viking, $35, 9780593296967
2. Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
Charlie Mackesy, Penguin Life, $27, 9780593994825
3. A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593854280
4. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148
5. The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $20, 9781982181314
6. Bread of Angels: A Memoir
Patti Smith, Random House, $30, 9781101875124
7. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
John U. Bacon, Liveright, $35, 9781324094647
8. Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Pantheon, $27, 9780593701843
9. Mother Mary Comes to Me
Arundhati Roy, Scribner, $30, 9781668094716
10. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About
Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins, Hay House LLC, $29.99, 9781401971366
11. Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love
Samin Nosrat, Random House, $45, 9781984857781
12. Something from Nothing: A Cookbook
Alison Roman, Clarkson Potter, $37.99, 9781984826411
13. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
14. Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
Katherine May, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593189481
15. The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life
Suleika Jaouad, Random House, $30, 9780593734636